The three evening news broadcasters all experienced positive growth in total viewers and the Adults 25-54 demo for the final week of July.

This feat comes as the official summer season reaches its apex with the dog days seemingly upon us. All networks saw no uptick in total viewers the week prior, but they rebounded this week with CBS Evening News seeing the largest uptick with a double-digit increase within this demo.

Note: The weekly averages of NBC Nightly News are based on four days (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday). Thursday’s (07/31/25) broadcast was retitled to NBC Nitely News due to NFL preseason football. This broadcast is excluded from the weekly and season averages.

According to live-plus-same-day data from Nielsen, ABC World News Tonight with David Muir averaged 7.424 million total viewers and 1.025 million Adults 25-54 demo viewers for the week of July 28. It saw a +2% gain in total viewers and the demo compared to the previous week. Looking at its performance to the same week in 2024 (the week beginning July 29), WNT was down -1% in total viewers but up +6% in the demo.

NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas finished as the No. 2 evening news broadcast in total viewers and the demo, averaging 5.576 million and 807,000 viewers, respectively. The broadcast was up +2% in total viewers and +4% in the A25-54 demo. When comparing its performance to the same week a year ago (which was during the Paris Olympic Games), Nightly News fell by -28% in total viewers and -45% in the demo. 

CBS Evening News had 3.822 million total viewers and 553,000 viewers in the demo for the week of July 28. The broadcast was up +6% in total viewers and +12% in the demo compared to the week prior—the only broadcast with double-digit growth in the advertiser-coveted demo. Its year-ago week numbers saw the newscast record falls of -16% in total viewers and -9% in the demo. 

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 7/28/25), Previous Week (w/o 7/21/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/29/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24 – 8/3/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23 – 8/4/24). Nielsen ratings for ABC, NBC and CBS include additional airings in select markets. Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.